Simply True
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original characters from "Center Stage"! Ok? Good! The only thing I own is a copy of the VHS… and hopefully the DVD soon. LOL. Thankx.
Three
Mr. Simms drove them all to their large house outside the city. Charlie brought in his and Jody's bags. He set his stuff down in his old room, and Jody's stuff in the guestroom across the hall.
When he came back downstairs, his parents, Jody, and his younger brother Mark were standing around talking. Mark was 14, and looked a lot like Charlie.
Mark looked up at Charlie and smiled. "Hey. Oh, Jim called a while ago, wondering if you were back yet. He just said to call him."
Charlie nodded and excused himself to call his best friend.
A few hours later, Charlie, Jim, and Jody were lounging in the pool in the backyard. Charlie was in the floating lawn chair, Jim was sitting on a basketball (who knew?), and Jody was lying on her back in the inertube.
"So, you guys used to date, huh?" Jim asked.
Charlie groaned loudly and spoke up before Jody could. "Yeah. But we broke up."
"Why?" Jim asked, oblivious to the fact that this bugged Charlie.
"I really don't think that's any of your business." Jody blurted out.
"Ok, sorry." Jim said, then looked over at Charlie.
The truth was, Jody was still in love with Charlie, though she refused to admit it, even to herself. Things had been going fine between them, and she was perfectly happy. Then she kinda flipped out when Charlie said he loved her. At first, she went a long with it, saying she loved him too, which she did. But, she was so scared of getting hurt again. Her memories of Cooper wouldn't go away, so she just confronted Charlie one day and broke up with him.
Charlie looked over at Jody and sighed. He couldn't see why she was so afraid of him. He wouldn't ever hurt her, he loved her. He wasn't anything like Cooper. He hated Cooper. But Jody was so scared that Charlie would hurt her, she just pushed him away.
After Jim left, Jody walked up to Charlie. He was sitting at the kitchen table, eating a bowl of dry cereal. She sat down next to him and he looked up.
"Can we talk?" She asked.
"Of course."
"Ok." Jody sighed. "What is it with all these people? I mean, really, how many people did you tell about us? Because, it's getting kinda annoying."
"I know. I'm sorry, I forgot they even knew. So, I didn't think of telling them that we broke up."
Jody nodded. "Ok. Cause, to be honest, it's kinda embarrassing."
"Why?"
"Because! All these people are like, into our private lives, and I don't even know them."
Charlie nodded. "Ok. I'll try to tell everyone before you meet them. But, I don't know if you'll be meeting a whole lot more people. I mean, some of my friends, but that's it."
Jody nodded and stood up again. "Ok. Well, I guess I should go change out of this wet suit. See ya."
